AHDS Conference November 2014; GIRFEC Workshop
- 1. getting it right for e ? ery child Children & Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 Briefing on GIRFEC Provisions Lynn Townsend Education /Implementation Lead Scottish Government GIRFEC Team www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 2. getting it right for e ? ery child Outline of Presentation ? GIRFEC policy ? Duties in the C&YP Act ? Development of guidance ? Support for implementation ¨C progress and issues
- 3. getting it right for e ? ery child www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 4. getting it right for e ? ery child Five Key Implementation Priorities ? Identifying a Named Person for every child and young person in the universal services. ? Identifying protocols and governance for Lead Professional. ? Supporting partnerships to take a proportionate approach to managing all concerns and risks. ? Redesign business processes to secure a single planning process for all children and young people supporting a single plan. ? Ensuring the use of the National Practice Model to assess needs and risks. Children and families at the centre www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 5. getting it right for e ? ery child Children & Young People (Scotland) Act - GIRFEC ? GIRFEC policy unchanged ¨C on-going refining and updating ? Legislation ¨C only aspects of the policy ¨C Named Person ¨C Child¡¯s Plan ¨C Wellbeing ? Why legislate? ¨C Increase pace of change ¨C Improve consistency across Scotland www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 6. getting it right for e ? ery child Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 ? Introduced April 2013 ? Passed February 2014 ? Royal Assent March 2014 ? Commencement: ¨C Early education and child care hours - summer 2014 ¨C GIRFEC duties ¨C planning for August 2016 www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 7. getting it right for e ? ery child GIRFEC Duties in the Act: Part 18. General Section 96. assessment of wellbeing ? Wellbeing defined ¨C 8 indicators ¨C Safe ¨C Healthy ¨C Achieving ¨C Nurtured ¨C Active ¨C Respected ¨C Responsible ¨C Included www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 8. getting it right for e ? ery child GIRFEC Duties in the Act: Part 4. Named Person ? Named Person for every child ?Arrangements 0-5 / 5-18 ?Information on arrangements ?Support for the Named Person ¨C Schedule 2 Relevant Authorities ?Information Sharing Key duties on local authority / health boards/ independent schools / Scottish Prison Service Other public bodies will have duty to cooperate and support www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 9. getting it right for e ? ery child GIRFEC Duties in the Act: Part 5. Child¡¯s Plan ?Requirement to draw up a plan ¨C ¡®targeted intervention¡¯ ?Content of the plan ¨C Minimum Data Set ?Preparation of the plan ?Responsibility to prepare ?Responsibility to manage ¨C Lead Professional ?Assistance with the plan ¨C Schedule 3 Listed Authorities www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 10. getting it right for e ? ery child Guidance Timeline ? March 2014 - Outline Guidance issued ? July ¨C Nov ¨C engagement and informal consultation ? Dec - Jan ¨C review and preparation for formal consultation ? Jan ¨C April 2015 ¨C formal consultation ? Summer 2015 ¨C publication of statutory guidance ? Commencement August 2016 www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 11. getting it right for e ? ery child Implementation Issues ? Inconsistent and variable implementation ¨C Within CPPs ¨C health/LA /others moving at different pace ? Systems change ¨C not a smooth process ¨C managing the old alongside the new ¨C multi agency agreement ? Embedding culture and practice change ¨C long term - leadership, persistence, good quality training and support ? Level of awareness and involvement ¨C strategic/operational ¨C parents and children ? Sharing the learning ¨C improving but patchy www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 12. getting it right for e ? ery child Support for Implementation ? National Implementation Support Group (NISG) ? overview of progress ? learning events ? materials ? National GIRFEC Team ?development of statutory guidance / other guidance ?links to CPPs / national / professional groups ?¡®bespoke¡¯ materials www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 13. getting it right for e ? ery child How can we help? ? What are the key barriers and what would help? ? nationally ? locally ? What are the key questions to be answered? ?the Act ?the guidance ?implementation www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright
- 14. getting it right for e ? ery child Keep up to date ? Sign up for our e Newsletter ? Follow us on twitter - @girfec ? Check out resources on the website www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright www.wellbeingforyoungscots.org/ Contact the team : 0131 - 244 - 7168 www.scotland.gov.uk/gettingitright